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Deemed C-Lab for short, the department is a sort of in-house accelerator, where Samsung employees can build and spin-off startups, all while leveraging the electronics giants’ seemingly bottomless resources. </span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">The results are always a bit of a mixed bag, but often present an entertaining alternative to the latest phone/tv/washing machine iterations from its parent company. <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180111021351/https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-c-lab-to-reveal-creative-new-projects-at-ces-2018" rel="noopener">This time out</a>, the company’s showing off three new offerings, and, as with past years, a couple of them are focused on solving issues of accessibility.</span></p> <p id="speakable-summary"><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="640" height="390" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20180111021351if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/cmal7zgwlMU?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;"></iframe></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Relumino is probably the most compelling of the bunch. 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